Ointment for tetter



of which the following is a full, clear, and ex- -medical compound to beused for the cure of UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MANLIIIS HUGGINS, OF \VAYNESBOROUGI:I, MISSISSIPPI. 1

OINTMENT FOR TETTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,876, dated March11, 1884.

Application filed September 29,1883. (No specimens.)

10 all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, MANLIUS HUGGINS, ofVVaynesborough, in the county of Wayne and State of Mississippi, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Medical Compounds,

act description.

The object'of this invention is to provide a tetter and other cutaneousdiseases.

My compound consists of the following ingredients, combined in theproportions stated, viz: chrysophanic acid, thirty grains; pureglycerine, two drains; oil of Sassafras, one dram;- laudanum, one-halfdram; Vaseline, four drams.

In preparing this compound the glycerine and tincture of laudanum arethoroughly mixed. The oil of sassafras and the chrysophanic acid arethen added, and after all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed theVaseline is added to form an ointment.

In using the compound the ointment is applied to the skin whereveraffected with tetter or other cutaneous disease. The parts affectedshould be bathed in a solution of common salt and Warm water beforemaking the first application of the ointment, and the ointment shouldthereafter be applied at intervals, according to circumstances.

By the use of this ointment instant relief is obtained, and by acontinuous use the most obstinate cases will be cured.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described medical compound to be used for the cure of tetterand other cutaneous diseases, consisting of chrysophanic acid, pureglycerine, oil of sassafras, lauda o nuin, and Vaseline, in theproportions specified.

MANLIUS I-IUG-GINS.

Witnesses:

W. S. DAVIS, J AS. R. Hneems.

